Worst Block Ever
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JMG dude thats pretty freaky. Uncanny I tell you. Got his shirt, arms, hands, I can even see his head in between. Stop freaking me out dude.
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Sweet mother of pearl. I nearly lost my lunch. I've seen rotted pine attacked by beetles and termites that looked better than that block.RadDavis wrote:I started drilling a stummel today:
Didn't look at all bad on the outside. There was a flaw on the top of the shank near the bowl, but it was way on the outside, and I figured it would disappear when I cut the shank. I drilled the smoke hole and swiveled it to drill the bowl. A couple of "minor flaws" showed themselves:
So I decided to so some sawing on it to see just how bad this sucker was:
Front half (that's the back half to you, Tyler):
Back half (that's the front half to you, Tyler):
Since the back half was the worst, I sawed it in half right down the smoke hole:
I've never seen a block this bad before. I'm glad I don't shape before drilling.
Although I'm pretty sure I would have run into some part of this during shaping.
Rad
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Yeah, that's the word I was looking for ... lucky! sheesh!RadDavis wrote:I guess I just got lucky with the shape placement in the block.
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Dang that's crazy! At least you didn't wast a bunch of time shaping it like I just did last week. I was just finishing up the shaping on a dublin when a single gash just over an inch long revealed itself right next to the tobacco chamber wall, but not noticeable from the inside. Very frustrating.
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The block was Genuine Imported Briar.Growley wrote:That block is crazy, doesn't even look like briar.
Rad
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Rad,
That sucks.
Hope this helps.
Dave
That sucks.
Hope this helps.
Dave
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Seriously though, GREAT GOOGALLY MOOGALLY! That is one nah-stay block!
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Damn! That is a terrible looking mess. Looks like SpongeBob Squarepants.
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You may want to save that and sell it on eBay. The Scream painting just sold at a Sothebies Auction for more than 100 MILLION Dollars. Perhaps the buyer will want that block as a companion??JMG wrote:That block looks familiar...RadDavis wrote:
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wow rad!! i have never seen anything like that. is that a mimmo block or are you not allowed to say!?